Top 3 free Virtual Desktop Managers for Windows 10/8/7

Virtual Desktop Manager is a tool that helps user to distribute and organize the work load on a computer. These programs allow users, to manage the virtual space of a computer – it acts like a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to organize the desktop clutter. These virtual desktop software are designed to extend the physical limit of the screen’s display area.

There are two ways in which Virtual Desktop Managers or VDM software work. By creating single virtual screen beyond the size of physical device and switchable virtual desktops, SVD allows user to create virtual replica of the virtual image, and by extending them with running single virtual desktop thread console.

Free Virtual Desktop Manager for Windows

Till date there is only one Desktop available in the Windows operating system. In the upcoming Windows 9 OS we are expecting a built-in virtual desktop manager tool to be present, along with some advanced feature. But for now we have plethora of such third party tools that do the job perfectly. A few of the best Virtual Desktop Manager software are Dexpot & VirtuaWin. We will talk about these VDM tool in this article, catch us after the jump!

Sysinternals Desktops

Desktops v 2.0 is an old program from Sysinternals, that allows user to extend screen up to four virtual desktops. The tool helps user to distribute work clutter on its 4 virtual desktop console. The tool creates windows desktop object for each virtual screen and keeps in memory which virtual monitor has what stored and running. By default Windows doesn’t have a feature to move explorer program from one virtual screen to another, hence it makes the program light weight and less resource hungry application to run. Desktops application can be installed even on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and higher OS. Grab it from Microsoft.

Dexpot software

Dexpot is a third party virtual desktop manager that allows user to create up to 20 virtual screen, each console offers its own customization options like screen resolution, wallpaper, keyboard shortcuts, navigation functionality etc. Switching between different consoles can be done with the help of hot keys or from tray icon. The user interface of the application is pretty neat and tidy and offers easy to use & configure the application on the go.

VirtuaWin download

This is yet another free but powerful tool available for Windows computer, just like other virtual desktop manager application VirtuaWin allows user to create up to four workspaces. These workspaces are highly customizable, each screen on different virtual console can be easily turned on or off and Windows can be moved from one virtual console to another.

Functionality of VirtuaWin can be increased by using different plugins or modules that are available for the application. VirtuaWin is also available in portable version that can be used on multiple computers. You can get it here.

Among Desktop v2.0, Dexpot and VirtuaWin, VirtuaWin is the best virtual desktop manager application that offers many advanced features with the help of enhancement plugin and is available for free. We at TWC strongly recommend using a virtual desktop manager to manage your desktop console if you do multiple task and were looking for a clean desktop UI.

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Abhishek Shukla is a computer graduate by education, a complete tech freak and music addict. Playing with software and mobile phones are part of his hobby. He is currently employed with a multinational company in India.